Sigismund of Burgundy, King of Burgundy^[1]

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• Name	Sigismund of Burgundy
  Suffix	King of Burgundy
  Gender	Male
  Death	524
  Notes	http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sigismund_of_Burgundy «b»Sigismund«/b» (died «u»524«/u») was king of the «u»Burgundians <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burgundians>«/u» from «u»516«/u» to his death. He was the son of king «u»Gundobad <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gundobad>«/u», whom he succeeded in 516. The «u»6th century «/u», «u»Christian «/u» or not, was a violent age: when his son opposed him in «u»517,«/u» and insulted his new wife, Sigismund had him strangled. Then, overcome with remorse, Sigismund retreated to the monastery that he had founded. His bones were recovered from the well at «u»Columelle «/u» where his body had been thrown, and a shrine developed near Agaune. Eventually Sigismund was «u»canonized«/u». Correspondence has survived between Avitus, who was a poet and one of the last masters of the classical arts, and Sigismund. In the «u»14th century«/u», «u»Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_IV%2C_Holy_Roman_Emperor>«/u», transferred Sigismund's «u»relics «/u» to «u»Prague <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prague>«/u», hence he has become a «u»patron saint <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patron_saint>«/u» of the «u»Czech Republic <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Czech_Republic>«/u».
  Person ID	I5947	Glenn Cook Family
  Last Modified	10 Nov 2009

  
  

  Family	Arevagni of the Visigoths   d. Yes, date unknown
  Children	1. Suavegotta of Burgundy   d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F1996	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	11 Nov 2009

  
  

• Photos		Sigismund of Burgundy Konstanz, Dreifaltigkeitskirche, Fresko an der Nordwand: St. Sigismund
  		Saint Sigismund of Burgundy Fresco by Piero della Francesca

  
  

• Sources

  [S36] Brian Tompsett, Dept of Computer Science, University of Hull, England(B.C.Tompsett@dcs.hull.ac.uk), Directory of Royal Genealogical Data, (This work is Copyright b 1994-2002 Brian C Tompsett).